Trump to hold news conference next week on U.S. veterans issues
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he will hold a news conference on April 27 to discuss veterans issues, as he tries to elevate an issue he campaigned on heavily last year.
House Oversight head Chaffetz to leave Congress after 2018
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Representative Jason Chaffetz, who chairs a House committee with broad investigative powers, on Wednesday announced his plans to leave Congress after the 2018 midterm elections, saying he had no intention of running for any …
U.S. consumers could suffer from Dodd-Frank, CFPB changes: property site
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Massive changes to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau – or the financial reform law that established it – could hurt U.S. mortgage borrowers who use the agency to fight erroneous charges and foreclosures, according to Truli…
As Trump warned North Korea, his ‘armada’ was headed toward Australia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – When U.S. President Donald Trump boasted early last week that he had sent an “armada” as a warning to North Korea, the aircraft carrier strike group he spoke of was still far from the Korean peninsula, and headed in the opposite …
Trump ‘Buy American’ edict may have little impact on U.S. steel
DETROIT/NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s “Buy American, Hire American” executive order on Tuesday left questions about how the government would enforce the order and whether it would make a real difference in output and employment, ac…
Trump vows to back U.S. dairy farmers in Canada trade spat
(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump promised on Tuesday to defend American dairy farmers who have been hurt by Canada’s protectionist trade practices, during a visit to the cheese-making state of Wisconsin.
White House meeting on Paris climate deal postponed: official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A White House meeting that was to help determine whether the United States should withdraw from the Paris climate accord has been postponed, an administration official said on Tuesday.
U.S. House panel to begin hearings on tax reform next week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The tax-writing committee of the U.S. House of Representatives will begin holding hearings on a Republican tax reform proposal next week, the panel’s chairman said on Tuesday, even as the timeline for overhauling the tax code sli…
U.S. senator raises questions about hospital operator UHS
(Reuters) – A Republican senator said on Tuesday he had written to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) raising questions about reports of “troubling conduct” by psychiatric hospital operator Universal Health Services Inc.
Alabama’s new governor orders speedier election to fill Senate seat
(Reuters) – Alabama Governor Kay Ivey on Tuesday moved up to December the election to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Jeff Sessions after he was named attorney general, saying that the original plan to hold the election in late 2018 was not soon e…